Reminiscent of the 7Up rage.
“Pakistan: Islamists destroy billboards of Samsung Mobile in Karachi over allegedly blasphemous QR code,” OpIndia, July 1, 2022:
Dozens of Islamists belonging to extremist Barelvi organisation Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) unleashed mayhem in the mobile market of Karachi, Pakistan, after rumours of an alleged blasphemy against the company. The protestors tore down the billboards of Samsung in the mobile market in the city and indulged in vandalism after they heard that the company has committed ‘blasphemy’ against Islam.
The protests were not limited to the mobile market as billboards in several locations across the city faced the ire of the angry TLP members.
Initial rumours circulating about the incident said that Samsung had introduced a QR code on its devices which is blasphemous. Following this, the Islamists took to the streets of Karachi and started attacking the company’s billboards.
However, later on, a new rumour started circulating that the ‘blasphemy’ was committed by an employee of Samsung Mobile who had given a ‘blasphemous’ name to his WiFi network.
While nobody is sure what was the exact ‘blasphemy’ that was committed, it hasn’t stopped TLP extremists from creating mayhem on the streets of Karachi venting their anger against Samsung Mobile.
Blasphemy by QR codes is not something new in Pakistan
Last year on December 31, a Pakistani man threatened American behemoth Pepsi for printing a QR code with the name of Prophet Muhammad on its 7UP bottles.
The man threatened a Pepsi company’s truck driver with dire consequences if the QR Code on a 7 UP soft drink bottle is not removed by the company. On enquiring, the man, who identified himself as Mulla, insisted that the QR code is actually the name of Prophet Muhammad and if the company does not remove the logo he will burn the truck.
Infidel says
Honestly, Samsung, Pepsi and all sane companies not rooted in islamic countries should pull out of Pakistan. Let all their products be branded only in Nastaliq
mortimer says
Pakistan’s parliament recently understood that foreign companies are nervous with politicians like the Islamist LOOSE CANNON Imran Khan in charge of the government. That’s why the Pak parliament dismissed the prime minister … an extraordinary step to take!
gravenimage says
Mortimer–with all respect–you have said several times that the Pakistani parliament gave Imran Kham a vote of no confidence because he was too Islamist–yet you have never backed this up. In fact the main issue we heard is that the concerns were over the economy, not Khan being too Islamic.
Shehbaz Sharif does appear to somewhat less appalling than is Khan–but this is damning with faint praise.
HIs faction also condemned Khan for his supposed “Jewish connections”. just because he had spent time in the West during his cricket career and his marriage to Jemima Khan.
Fitna says
Porkistan, an oasis of peace, enlightenment and tolerance, in a world gone mad. They’re really just misunderstood, don’t you see? They love their god so much that they’re willing to kill everyone and destroy their own nation just to prove what caring people they really are.
If only we’d bow down to these holy men of god, and realize how great and wonderful they are that we too will learn to be so enlightened and be guaranteed our place in their paradise.
Clearly we need to invite millions more of these darlings into our countries to teach us about being just as virtuous and as wonderful as they are.
These superstitious lunatics have nuclear weapons, just imagine if they decide to bomb South Korea for insulting their god or prophet or any other nation.
Those who think it can’t happen are deluding themselves. If anything we should know by now that Muslims are ready, willing and able to do anything that their madness drives them to do.
mortimer says
Disagree with ‘Fitna’. It isn’t ‘porkistan’, but ‘PORNISTAN’, because Pakistanis all admit that Pakistan is the MOST ADDICTED TO PORNOGRAPHY of any country in the world.
Fitna says
Lol Mortimer, ya that works too, not to mention they’re big on child porn also…disgusting bastards.
gravenimage says
All grimly true. Pakistanis don’t just love porn, but have the world’s highest search rates for the most disturbing porn–rape, bestiality, and pedophilia.
Keith O says
Ah the mental giants of Shitistan at it again.
Their behaviour reminds me of the peasant mobs who are stirred into a frenzy during the witch hunts in some of the old movies.
They have no idea who started the rumours nor ask for any proof of an offense. Simply screaming blasphemy is enough to hit the start button for these fools.
Fitna says
Not one of those monkeys would have the genius it takes to invent a QR code, but they’re ready to set fire to all of modern civilization because they idiotically see a pattern in the code which they think is the name of their god and take it as an insult.
Islam and it’s rabid cult of followers should’ve been wiped out in the 7th century. Since that didn’t happen now we’re stuck with these insane throwbacks. If the West had any smart leaders left, they would’ve barred all Muslims from coming and thrown out the ones here already.
gravenimage says
Spot on.
Keith O says
Hey Fitna, stop insulting monkeys.
I’ve run across some of them that are actually pretty smart.
Mudslimes are the result of centuries of inbreeding, to the point where most of their family trees are straight lines.
JNS says
Pakistan cannot even needle
somehistory says
It would be so wonderful if a week could pass without a mozlum riot or terror attack in some part of the world.. Actually, a day without these things would be great.
pakis look for things to complain about, and then riot and destroy whatever they can…demanding obedience to a book of evil, filthy commands to make the rest of mankind suffer. and all from the fact that they are unreasoning mozlums who just can’t get along with anyone, or allow any *error*…error to them only…pass by.
mortimer says
Reply to SH: Sharia law requires *censuring* anything that dishonors or exposes the shame of Islam. They are following the playbook of all Islamic action … Sharia law.
These Pakistani vandals are following the Sharia law manuals which recommend vandalism.
From Reliance of the Traveller / Q1.1
“Allah Most High says,
“Let there be a group of you who call to good, commanding the right and
forbidding the wrong, for those are the successful” (Koran 3:104).
This verse explains that commanding the right and forbidding the wrong re a
communal rather than a personal obligation (dis: c3.2), for He says, “Let there be
a group of you…”and not, “All of you command the right.” So if enough people do
it (A: meaning that whenever a wrong is seen, one of those who see it corrects it),
the responsibility is lifted from the rest, those who perform it being expressly
mentioned as the successful. There are many verses in the Holy Koran about
commanding the right and forbidding the wrong.”
somehistory says
The book of evil filth is not **holy.** And every thing that mozlums call a “law” is really against Law and against morality.
It could be compared to the lawless West when *outlaws* ruled and people were forced to do as they chose to have them do. Only, islam is so much worse. it’s still *lawless*…even if they *rule* according to what is written for them to follow.
what is more, imo reading the filth is like watching porn. I don’t find the desire or the need.
mortimer says
Vandalism is normative Islam, rather than an aberration. You would not be shocked if you knew what Sharia law says:
Muslims have an individual as well as a group DUTY to FORBID THE WRONG … it is a normative part of Sharia law.
Mohammed ordered his followers to CHANGE THINGS that are wrong WITH THEIR HANDS … namely, through VANDALISM.
-“Whoever among you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand [by taking action]; if he cannot, then with his tongue [by speaking out]; and if he cannot, then with his heart [by at least hating it and believing that it is wrong], and that is the weakest of faith.” Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh.
-“Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma‘roof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden)” -[Aal ‘Imraan 3:104]
mortimer says
Vandalism is only ONE of a series of steps that SHARIA LAW commands when Muslims ‘correct’ or ‘censure’ non-Muslims. It starts with verbal persuasion of the non-Muslim KAFIR and then progress by steps to actual ARMED WARFARE against the kafir.
Every Muslim has a duty to stop CRITICISM of Islam from occurring.
Rationale for Censuring @Q0.2
(Ibn Qudama Maqdisi:) One should know that commanding the right and forbidding the wrong is the most important fundamental of the religion, and is the mission that Allah sent the prophets to fulfill. If it were folded up and put away, religion itself would vanish, dissolution appear, and whole lands come to ruin.
Black Sabbath says
Finally “pekingsstan” has run out of food and water. They are about to start eating each other and whatever Chinese are left over there building so called One Belt One Road thing. I am sure these hungry mohammadeans will go for Chinese food first. The “leaders” of “pekingstan” have always said they and Chinese are inseparable. That is about to become true, literally, in a very interesting way.
Infidel says
Only problem is that China can’t quite invade Pakistan, although I’d like to see them try. Now that Imran, who was a Beijing stooge, is out of power, they should take a go at it. None of their projects in Pakistan have given them the ROI (how can it, when everywhere in these belt/road projects, they never employ the locals), the Paki populace (unlike Imran Khan) is seething at the treatment of Uyghurs, which has found mention and condemnation in the islamic press there, and there have been revolts against the Chicoms in Baluchistan and Sind. Given all that, China no longer has a clean outlet to the Arabian Sea, and would need to send in troops there. If they do, they should use the Xinxiang model to suppress them
Devasur says
Why isn’t the west taking over the nuclear weapons of beggaristan? do they want a nuclear war to happen?
Fitna says
I fully agree, its a bigger danger than Iran because the Porkis have nukes already and can use them. So they should be the highest priority in the West. Biden is useless so its up to Israel, India and Europe to de-nuclearize Pak.
Black Sabbath says
Maybe West knows they have nothing. The nukes that were testing by “porky” were Chinese. You can’t make nukes with madrasa education. It requires some math and physics, and a bit of common sense. Madrasa education teaches beheadings and begging money from victims of beheading..
Infidel says
You’re expecting that from the Biden administration, whose foreign policy is almost written by Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib?
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Muslims destroy Samsung billboards over claims of blasphemous QR code
……………………………….
Pious Muslims have done this before:
“Pakistani man claims QR code on 7Up bottle has Mohammed’s name, threatens to burn Pepsi delivery truck”
https://hindupost.in/world/pakistani-man-claims-qr-code-on-7up-bottle-has-mohammeds-name-threatens-to-burn-pepsi-delivery-truck/
Utter stupidity.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
This suggests the opportunity for a lucrative commercial “QR code vetting service” that will scan proposed QR codes, in all 8 orientations (4 rotations x 2 left-right reversals), for multilingual obscenities and blasphemies (e.g. “Muhammad” spelled in Urdu, “shit” spelled in Mongol).
Infidel says
Except that Mongol never used the Nastaliq script: it had its own script originally, and switched to Cyrillic in 1946. So not sure how any QR code spelling “excrement” in Mongolian would be automatically known to muslims, any more than Hindus would know that “kaka” means “excrement” in Espanol
Aloha Akbar says
Dont forget that Kaka is also “excrement” in ltalian & Aussie 🙂
And if the Mad Musos would look at Google Maps of The Masone Labyrinth & Yancheng Dafeng Dream Maze, they would most likely see ol’ Allah Wallah Bing Bangs symbol in it & then their heads would literally implode with justified, righteous rage.
Aloha Akbar says
I cant find a pic of the sinful, naughty type QR code.
Are all the websites afraid to publish the pic?
Is it QRphobia to do so?
Can somebody post a link?